Cindy Downend

Cindy directs the educator training programs for grades PreK–2 at the Center for Reading Recovery and Literacy Collaborative and has over 20 years of educational experience as a classroom teacher and Reading Recovery teacher.

Cindy directs the PreK-2 educator trainings at the Center and has over 20 years of educational experience as a classroom teacher and Reading Recovery teacher. She has held many leadership roles in a variety of diverse settings including school districts in Florida, Michigan, Minnesota and with the Department of Defense Dependents Schools in Germany. Cindy is a National Board Certified Teacher in the area of Early Childhood.